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Maker(s):Jordaens, Jacob
Culture:Flemish (1593 - 1678)
Title:Mercury killing Argus
Date Made:1652
Type:Print
Materials:etching on paper
Measurements:sheet: 8 3/4 in x 9 3/4 in; 22.2 cm x 24.8 cm; plate: 20.7963 cm x 24.13 cm; 8 3/16 in x 9 1/2 in
Narrative Inscription:  signed and dated at lower left: Jac. Jordaens inventor. 1652
Accession Number:  SC 1957.12
Credit Line:Gift of Dr. James L. Huntington
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
1957_12.jpg

Description:
Youth; young man holding sword over his head ready to slay a sleeping old man accompanied by a dog and a cow; heifer

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